{"id":11382,"date":"2025-06-10T10:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=11382"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:24:34","slug":"academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/winter-2020-21\/academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Freedom in the MENA Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-93552f31\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-98bef43c gb-headline-text\">Academic Freedom in the MENA Region<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#mabruk-derbesh-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MABRUK DERBESH<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#teoman-aktan-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TEOMAN AKTAN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#nahed-ghazzoul-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAHED GHAZZOUL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the Arab Spring began in early 2010s, countless academics in the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region) have been fired from their faculty positions in direct response to ideas expressed in their writing or teaching. In the most extreme cases, their lives have been threatened, and they have been forced to flee. This seminar will provide an introduction to the concept of \u201cacademic freedom,\u201d put simply, the ability of faculty members and students to engage in intellectual debate without fear of censorship or retaliation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many countries in the MENA region have known autocratic regimes throughout their modern existence. Examining case studies from the region, participants of the seminar will reflect on how academic freedom has been conceptualized, and how it functions in post-transitional societies today. The co-leaders of the seminar will use an interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate how restrictions on academic freedom have been a symptom of, as well as a result of, political upheavals. Participants will develop an understanding of how and why governments have targeted the academy, putting restrictions on academic freedom as a means to manage political dissent.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-28db6432 gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region-syllabus-W20.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:813px\" aria-label=\"academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region-syllabus-W20 g\u00f6m\u00fcs\u00fc.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e3a4a89c-a7a4-48bf-95df-156a6bcba9d1\" href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region-syllabus-W20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">academic-freedom-in-the-mena-region-syllabus-W20<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-bc3fa32e\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bc3fa32e\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-233f353f\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e4125b44 gb-headline-text\">Course Details<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b921c8c1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-70b4f9b1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-203abde0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-203abde0\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-7f61003f\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f61003f\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">04.11.20 &#8211; 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